Title
Budget Amendment - Community Support Services - Revenue Increase (CSS)
Action
ACTION:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate the award amount of up to $190,000 from Duke University as a sub-recipient of a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant to the General Grant Fund (G001) within Community Support Services;
2) Adopt a grant project ordinance for Enhancing Wellness through Affirming Services and Education (EASE) Program in the General Grant Fund (G001)
Staff Contact: Stacy Lowry, CSS Director
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Mecklenburg County Community Support Services will enter into a subcontract for year two (September 30th, 2024 through September 29th, 2025) with the Center of Health Policies and Inequalities Research at Duke University to provide comprehensive substance use services as a part of a federally funded project. The project, Enhancing Wellness through Affirming Services and Education (EASE), is funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and will provide substance abuse treatment services in Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina for individuals with, and at high-risk for, HIV for a 5-year period lasting through September 29, 2027. The services available in Charlotte to be provided through Community Support Services include individual and group substance use, mental health treatment and care coordination.
A subcontract between Duke University Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research and Community Support Services would be managed by the Office of Research Support at Duke University. The total subcontract for the 5-year period is $666,829.00.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
General Grant Fund (G001) increase in federal revenue and expenses up to the amount of $190,000 for Community Support Services.